Membury Church and School
St John the Baptist Membury
Membury church memorial
Gargoyle, Membury church tower
St. John The Baptist
Another interior shot.
St John the Baptist: mostly Perpendicular church with embattled south aisle
St John the Baptist: slim west tower with stair turret
St John the Baptist: lively goat gargoyles (hunky punks)
St John the Baptist: south porch with embattled parapet, gargoyles & two-centred arch doorway
St John the Baptist: c15 nave & c13 chancel; Victorian wagon roofs & chancel arch; c13 Early English chancel with lancet east window
St John the Baptist: surviving Norman column with scalloped capital
St John the Baptist: tripartite screen (extensive rebuild) leading to Fry chapel (south-east)
St John the Baptist: detail of screen with Perpendicular tracery
St John the Baptist: arms of Fry of Yarty from the screen to south chapel
St John the Baptist: lady in long gown & wimple believed to represent Alice Brewer, d.1257, wife of Reginald Mohun
St John the Baptist: memorial to Nicholas Fry of Yarty, d.1632, & wife Eleanor (Brett of Whitstanton); mottled grey columns surmounted by Corinthian capitals
St John the Baptist: arms from the memorial to Nicholas Fry of Yarty, d.1632
St John the Baptist: Nicholas Fry of Yarty, d.1632
St John the Baptist: Eleanor (Brett of Whitstanton), wife of Nicholas Fry of Yarty, d.1632
St John the Baptist: Eleanor (Brett of Whitstanton), wife of Nicholas Fry of Yarty, d.1632
St John the Baptist: memorial to Shilston Calmady, k.1645 at Ford in this parish, fighting for Parliament; a cannon ball is shown at the top
St John the Baptist: memorial to Robert Fry of Yarty, d.1725, & wife Frances (nee Langton of Newton Park); long inscription including dubious ancestry
St John the Baptist: memorial to Frances, d.1718, daughter of Robert Fry of Yarty, erected 1723
St John the Baptist: Frances, d.1718, daughter of Robert Fry of Yarty; white marble bust & inscription
Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist
Listing Date: 8 May 1967
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1170817
English Heritage Legacy ID: 88075
ID on this website: 101170817
Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Membury, East Devon, EX13
County: Devon
District: East Devon
Civil Parish: Membury
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Membury
Church of England Diocese: Exeter